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1. Help needed... (score: 1): Author: "Paul M. Schwerdt" <ps@ecst.csuchico.edu>; Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 15:37:56 -0800 (PST); I recently posted a note on here about rebuilding my distributor. Everyone was very helpful, and I thought my car was finally fixed. But it still doesn't run. I am pretty sure it is because the timin; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00911.html (8,029 bytes)
2. RE: Help needed... (score: 1): Author: nick.pitt@bbc.co.uk (Nick Pitt); Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 13:01:01 GMT; The easiest way to turn the engine over it is, 1) Remove (or at least loosen) the spark plugs. 2) Put the car in gear, lower gears make it easier. 3) Jack one rear wheel just clear of the ground. 4); /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00969.html (8,965 bytes)
3. RE: Help needed... (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 11:08:16 -0500 (EST); I think a word of warning is needed here. The reason you lift only one rear wheel is that it won't work if both rear wheels are off the ground--turning one forward will turn the other backward, leavi; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00972.html (8,911 bytes)
4. Re: Help needed... (score: 1): Author: Geoff Love <engconn@pottsville.infi.net>; Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 11:30:41 -0500; Nick: May I, in all deference to your suggestions to Paul, add my 10p's worth. I think it is highly inadvisable to merely loosen plugs when attempting this kind of operation. In the event the ignitio; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00974.html (10,505 bytes)
5. RE: Help needed... (score: 1): Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (JOHN MCEWEN); Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 12:30:57 -0500; Hello Nick and List: While I admire many of your suggestions for turning an engine over to set timing, I have used a very simple system for years. It works on about 90% of the vehicles I own or have; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00980.html (8,029 bytes)
6. RE: Help needed... (score: 1): Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (JOHN MCEWEN); Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 12:42:05 -0500; I think everyone on the list has fallen in love with the various ways of turning an engine over but have overlooked your problem. If the engine does not fire at all the chances are that it is not be; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00981.html (8,336 bytes)
7. Re: Help needed... (score: 1): Author: Bill Schooler <schooler@erols.com>; Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 14:07:36 -0800; Perhaps this isn't the configuration on your cars, but I find it easiest to use a 1/2 in drive socket on the crank pulley along with a suitable ratchet handle to turn the engine over. Of course, on m; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00986.html (11,743 bytes)
8. Re: Help needed... (score: 1): Author: Geoff Love <engconn@pottsville.infi.net>; Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 19:24:51 -0500; Yes, that works well. I also particularly like one lister's suggestion for removing the HT lead from the coil. It really won't fire then. Geoff Love, The English Connection; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg00999.html (12,512 bytes)
9. RE: Help needed... (score: 1): Author: Ross Overcash <jroverca@tiac.net>; Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 10:19:39 -0500 (EST); This is why I love this list. A tech tip as simple as this one, yet I would bet a bunch of us have never thought of it! I know I hadn't, and I have struggled with lining up tim ming marks for years.; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01015.html (9,973 bytes)
10. RE: Help needed... (score: 1): Author: Ross MacPherson <arm@unix.infoserve.net>; Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 13:45:09 -0800; Well, first I remove the plugs, then I get the starter handle and then...... ___ \______ Ross MacPherson / __ \ __ / /--|) arm@unix.infoserve.net / (___)--/ (___) Vancouver, BC, Canada 1947 MG-TC 352; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01036.html (7,844 bytes)
11. RE: Help needed... (score: 1): Author: PHILIPPE TUSLER <TUSLER@mp050.mv.unisys.com>; Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 12:55:24 -0800 (PST) (20:55 UT); Timing: I've always removed the plugs, and then just turned the fan while pressing down on the belt with the other hand. If you're careful, or you have one of the steel fans, you won't damage the fan; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01083.html (8,337 bytes)
12. RE: Help needed... (score: 1): Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen); Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 15:27:29 -0500; Hi Paul: Sorry to hear that you still have not succeeded. To clear a flooded engine, especially one that has had such persistent starting efforts, I recommend removing the plugs and cleaning them tho; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01248.html (9,732 bytes)

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